The Daily Pic - Monarch Butterfly

I took this picture right outside of my apartment.  A gorgeous Monarch Butterfly....enjoying the sweet nectar of the beautiful Lantana.

Roman's Senior Pictures

My dog Roman...he's getting up there in age.  This coming December he will be 12, which means that right now, as of June 2011, he is just over 80 years old (in dog years.)  Since the life expectancy of a Labrador is 10 - 12 years, I am faced with the truth that he could pass away at any time.  With this in mind, I figured we should do a senior picture photo shoot...

As with any senior picture photo shoot, we took several different poses...

And of course, half way through the photo shoot, he needed a bathroom break, so during that time, I took some pictures of the scenery...

After his break, we got a few more shots...

Another break to stretch his legs....which meant more scenery pictures for me...

One important piece of information that you can't tell from these photos is that Roman does NOT like to have his picture taken...if you notice, in almost every picture, he is looking away from the camera.  I am not sure why he is like this, but he has always been this way.  When he was younger and I would take his picture, he would actually jump up and bark ferociously at the camera....now he just looks away...

After about 35 pictures were taken, this was the look he gave me...which I took to mean, "Enough is enough! Don't make me come over there and bite you..."

...which would be difficult for him anyway, since somehow he is missing his two front teeth.  But I figured that I had harassed him enough for the day and made that his last pose.  :)

Around Town - Baldwin Park 4

Today, I am posting pictures of some flowers that I took while in Baldwin Park, last week.  It was a perfect day, sunny, and the colors of the flowers just POPPED against the blue sky and the green grass!

These next 2 pictures, are my favorites that I am posting today!  I LOVE them!